1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Arizona claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams249
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona (2nd title)
Runners-upHawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOPTerry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →

Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season Winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
ACC North Carolina 1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Doak FieldRaleigh, NC Clemson
Big 8 East - Nebraska
West - Oklahoma State
1980 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Missouri
Big Ten Michigan No tournament
Eastern 8 1980 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament The EllipseWashington, DC UMass
EIBL Harvard No tournament
Metro 1980 Metro Conference baseball tournament Seminole FieldTallahassee, FL Florida State
MAC Central Michigan No tournament
Pac-10 North - Washington State
South - Arizona/California
No tournament
SEC East - Florida
West - Auburn
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Perry FieldGainesville, FL Vanderbilt
SoCon East Tennessee State No tournament
SWC Texas 1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Olsen FieldCollege Station, TX Texas
TAAC N/A 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Luther Williams FieldMacon, GA Georgia Southern
WAC North - BYU
South - Hawaii
1980 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series UH StadiumHonolulu, HI Hawaii

Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 1   .917 39 17   .696
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 4   .692 24 10   .706
No. 8 Clemson  ‍‍y 6 5   .545 38 21   .644
NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 6   .538 21 12   .636
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 6   .500 21 13   .618
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5 8   .385 17 13   .567
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 3 10   .231 8 19   .296
Duke  ‍‍‍ 2 9   .182 17 11   .607
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 14 2 0   .875 36 18 1   .664
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 14 4 0   .778 33 13 0   .717
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11 5 0   .688 31 14 0   .689
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 8 0   .556 23 24 1   .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 9 0   .438 27 24 0   .529
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 18 25 0   .419
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 17 25 0   .405
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 18 33 1   .356
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 11 0   .313 20 21 1   .488
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 3 13 0   .188 15 35 0   .300
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y   59 12   .831
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y   51 12   .810
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍   29 8   .784
Air Force  ‍‍‍   27 9   .750
No. 10 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍y   39 15   .722
Stetson  ‍‍‍   34 18   .654
Louisville  ‍‍‍   38 21   .644
Detroit  ‍‍‍   32 21   .604
Campbell  ‍‍‍   18 18   .500
Lafayette  ‍‍‍   11 13   .458
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍   12 16   .429
Hofstra  ‍‍‍   7 28   .200
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Washington State  x‍‍‍ 11 3   .786 36 10   .783
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 9   .471 33 16   .673
Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 9   .400 33 20   .623
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6 10   .375 19 21   .475
Southern
No. 1 Arizona  x‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 45 21   .682
No. 3 California  x‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 44 23   .657
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 38 25   .603
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 31 22   .585
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 29 24   .547
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 27 24   .529
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 40 16   .714
Vanderbilt  ‍‍y 13 9   .591 34 21   .618
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 10   .474 33 12   .733
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 11   .421 25 21   .543
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 23 21   .523
Western Division
Auburn  x‍‍‍ 15 8   .652 27 24   .529
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 9   .500 24 22   .522
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 31 19   .620
LSU  ‍‍‍ 8 9   .471 23 19   .548
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 18 28   .391
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍y 14 1   .933 39 7   .848
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 3   .769 17 11   .607
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 5   .667 17 19   .472
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 5   .615 22 15   .595
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 9 6   .600 23 14   .622
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 7 8   .467 15 24   .385
Furman  ‍‍‍ 2 10   .167 7 22   .241
Chattanooga  ‍‍‍ 1 11   .083 12 20   .375
VMI  ‍‍‍ 0 12   .000 4 22   .154
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Texas ‍y 18 6   .750 53 13   .803
No. 28 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 17 6   .739 38 14   .731
No. 19 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 15 8   .652 44 22   .667
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 28 23   .549
Baylor ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 25 19   .568
Rice ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 14 29   .326
TCU ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 19 28   .404
SMU ‍‍‍ 7 15   .318 21 22   .488
Houston ‍‍‍ 6 17   .261 17 28   .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia Southern ‍‍y 0 0   38 21   .644
Mercer ‍‍‍ 0 0   31 18   .633
Centenary ‍‍‍ 0 0   34 19   .642
Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ 0 0   20 15   .571
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 0 0   25 25   .500
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 0 0   23 23   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
BYU  x‍‍‍y 14 3   .824 41 18   .695
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 11 6   .647 23 20   .535
Utah  ‍‍‍ 5 12   .294 17 19   .472
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 4 13   .235 17 37   .315
South
No. 2 Hawaii  x‍‍y 19 5   .792 60 18   .769
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 43 20   .683
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 40 26   .606
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 1 22   .043 22 39   .361
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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The 1980 season marked the thirty fourth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Arizona claiming their second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
St. John's6
Arizona1
St. John's2
Hawaii7
Hawaii7
Florida State6
Hawaii9
Miami (FL)3
Miami (FL)13
Hawaii4
Clemson5
Miami (FL)3Arizona611
Michigan2
Michigan911
California8Hawaii3
Arizona10Arizona5
Lower round 1Lower round 2California9
Michigan0
Arizona5Arizona8
Miami (FL)3
Florida State3
California4
St. John's5
Clemson4California8
California6

Award winners

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All-America team

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References

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  1. ^ a b c W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  4. ^ 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2013.